PAUL FLORIAN MÜLLER
WRITER . DIRECTOR .
Hi, I'm Paul and I write and direct films. I graduated from the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin (dffb) which is where I also currently live.
I've made a couple of short films, written a number of screenplays and worked as a script doctor. In 2016 my feature debut, the dark comedy Sex & Crime, was released in German theaters. I also co-wrote the comedy Vorstadtrocker which came out before, but was actually shot after my own film. Crazy.
Right now I'm working on a number of projects, including an existentialist musical and a stranger than fiction true crime heist comedy set after WWII in my hometown of Mannheim, Germany.
films & scripts
Films
Sex & Crime (2016)
feature 82 min
writer + director
Vorstadtrocker (2015)
feature 90 min
co-writer (with Paul Salisbury)
director Martina Plura
Sogar die Nacht (2013)
short 17 min
writer + director
1949 (2011)
short 17 min
writer + director
Scripts
Feiertage
a christmas comedy for Producers at Work + SAT.1
Anleitung zum Entlieben
adaptation of the novel by Conni Lubek for UFA
Alles Azzurro
adaptation of the novel by Markus Götting for Starhaus Filmproduktion
Hempels Sofa
adaptation of the graphic novel by Ralf König for UFA
Die Ladenhüter (co-written with Paul Salisbury)
sitcom for Nordfilm + RTL
awards & nominations
Sex & Crime
MAX OPHÜLS PREIS - nominated for best feature
BUNTE NEW FACES AWARD - nominated for best debut feature
JUPITER AWARD - nominated for best feature (national)
JUPITER AWARD - nominated for best actor (national)
FESTIVAL DES DEUTSCHEN FILMS LUDWIGSHAFEN
Vorstadtrocker
BIBERACHER FILMFESTSPIELE - winner best TV film
BAYRISCHER FILMPREIS - nominated for best actress
FILMFEST HAMBURG
1949
MAX OPHÜLS PREIS - nominated for best short
FBW (GERMAN FILM AND MEDIA REVIEW) - Prädikat "besonders wertvoll" (seal of approval: 'highly recommended')
FBW (GERMAN FILM AND MEDIA REVIEW) - Kurzfilm des Monats (short of the month)
SHORTCUTZ BERLIN - short of the month
SHORTCUTZ AWARD BERLIN - winner best cinematography
SHORTCUTZ AWARD BERLIN - winner for best actor
FETSIVAL INTERNATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL PORTO - winner best film
FILMZEITKAUFBEUREN
REGGIO FILM FESTIVAL
ALPINALE
MALESCORTO FILM FESTIVAL
EXGROUND FILMFESTIVAL
BIBERACHER FILMFESTSPIELE
etc.